alarm

Example Sentences

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When he returned for a second interim spell after Wilfried Nancy's tumultuous and brief reign, the ship was taking on water at an alarming rate.

From BBC

My awareness is different than Samara’s and I feel the alarms.

From Los Angeles Times

In footage shared by West Midlands Police after the guilty plea, the youth is shown telling an officer how he had found Leo's body and told another member of the public to raise the alarm.

From BBC

Moody’s Investors Service, one of the credit-rating firms that assessed the BDC’s bonds, sounded the alarm in March by cutting them to a junk credit rating.

From The Wall Street Journal

These tiny animals are disappearing at alarming rates, and their loss can have outsized consequences for biodiversity.

From Science Daily